Blood’s Despatch Aug 18, 1850, circular date stamp. Addressed to Darby, PA. Combination use of a local post and U.S. postage for delivery.
37th Annual Auction
By: Carriers & Locals Society
Aste Attive
Oct 11, 2026 America/Los_Angeles
Carriers & Locals Society 37th Annual Auction
Sunday Oct 11, 2026 08:45 to 14:30 America/Los_Angeles America/Los_Angeles
Welcome to the Carriers & Locals Society's 37th Auction. This sale offers nearly 400 lots of United States Carriers, Locals, Independent Mails, Expresses and Western Postal History, together with collections, group reference lots, bogus and fantasy material, and specialized philatelic literature.
This auction is open to both members and non-members, with only a 10% buyer's premium.
Building on the success of last year's first-ever live sale, Auction 37 returns to our state-of-the-art auction platform with a LIVE auction on Sunday, October 11, 2026. Bidding is open now, and absentee bids may be placed online at any time before the live sale. On sale day, the auction will be conducted in our Live Auto-Clerk format. Lots open one at a time for 20 seconds, and if a bid is placed with under 10 seconds left, the clock resets with an additional 10 seconds to allow for further bids until the lot closes.
Live Auction
Sunday, October 11, 2026 @ 12 PM EST / 9 AM PST
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Carriers: Lots 1 - 23
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Independent Mails: Lots 24 - 43
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Expresses: Lots 44 - 61
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Western Express & Postal History: Lots 62 - 83
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Philatelic Literature: Lots 84 - 93
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Misc, Collections, Groups, Bogus and Fantasy: Lots 94 - 112
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Locals: Lots 113 - 398
Join the Carriers & Locals Society to receive the Penny Post, the Society's award-winning quarterly journal, and to support research and study in this exciting field of American philately. Thank you, and happy bidding!
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Showing 151 - 175 of 398
Price: $ 40.00
Lot #152 - Blood's
Blood's Penny Post label used with the 3c Dull Red, both cancelled by blue "PHILAD'A JAN 7 Pd" circular datestamps, with a black "BLOOD'S DESPATCH JAN. 7 4 1/2 P.M. 1856" circular datestamp alongside. Addressed to De Witt Bruyn, Savannah, Georgia.
Price: $ 40.00
Lot #153 - Blood's
Dec 24, 1856 circular datestamp, addressed to Maryland, "College of St James". Unlisted.
Price: $ 75.00
Lot #154 - Blood's
#22 in Vern Morris Census
1c Blue and Pink on Bluish, acid tied on September 8, 1853 cover with local address. Blood’s Handstamp Type 17 tied; manuscript “Sep. 8’53 / ¾ of the” and “Now 325 ½ / Arch St.”
Price: $ 30.00
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Lot #156 - Blood's
Tied by Type 13 Blood’s Oct 26, 1854, 2 P.M. circular date stamp. Addressed to Master Philip Fielding Snyder, Christian Doors, with an attractive red ink endorsement by the sender, Philip H. Snyder.
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Lot #159 - Blood's
Bank of Penn Township dated September 1, 1849. Although this stamp was intended for letters going to the Post Office for other cities, it was used here on a local note to a Philadelphia street address.
Price: $ 15.00
Lot #160 - Blood's
Tied by a black "BLOOD'S PENNY POST / DEC. 19 / 11 A.M. / PHILADA" circular datestamp on a cover addressed to 927 Market Street, Philadelphia. Vertical crease before printing at right.
Price: $ 25.00
Lot #161 - Blood's
Blood's Despatch Post circular datestamp on a folded letter addressed to Isaac Baxter Jr., Second above South, West Side, Philadelphia.
Price: $ 25.00
Lot #162 - Blood's
The 3c stamp tied by a "PHILAD'A FEB 25 1860" octagonal datestamp, and a black "BLOOD'S DESPATCH FEB 25" circular datestamp at lower left. Addressed to Mr. George Cooke, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
Price: $ 25.00
Lot #163 - Blood's
Cancelled by a "BLOOD'S DESPATCH JAN. 16 8 A.M." circular datestamp and addressed to Messrs. S. Bispham & Sons, 261 Market St. Embossed corner card of Bullitt & Fairthorne, 20 So. 3rd Street, Philadelphia, at left. The value is unstated. Fresh and Very Fine.
The paper is in a very deep shade, deep enough that the entire may instead be the brown, 15LU6b.
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Lot #172 - Boyd's
Boyd's oval datestamp struck at upper right on a cover with no adhesive, addressed to Miss Crane, care of Mrs. Merwin, 78 Clinton Place, New York.
Price: $ 10.00
Lot #173 - Boyd's
Red "JAN 15" Boyd's City Express Post oval handstamp, originating in Philadelphia. The folded circular addressed to Messrs. Boyd & Anderson, Pacific Hotel, Greenwich Street in New York City, offering a “spacious and fashionable hotel in Philadelphia.”
Price: $ 40.00
Lot #174 - Boyd's
Red Boyd's City Express Post oval datestamp and red "New-York Feb. 27" circular datestamp on a folded letter addressed to Ro. L. Caruthers, Lebanon, Tennessee.
Price: $ 100.00
Lot #175 - Boyd's
Folded letter endorsed "By Express" at top right, with a red "FORWARDED BY HALE & CO." oval and a red framed "COLLECT SIX CENTS HALE & CO." handstamp with manuscript "6." Dated December 19, 1844 and addressed to Capt. John Atwood, Frankfort, Maine.
Price: $ 100.00
